Accurate Wireless Location/Communication System With 22-cm Error Using UWB-IR

We propose a high-accuracy, low-cost UWB-IR wireless location system based on the quasi TDOA method. The system consists of anchor nodes, a synch node and a location server. The anchor nodes synchronize each other as regulated by the synch node so that synchronization is always precise in the location process. To make the anchor node simple, the location system uses acquisition and tracking functions that can measure the time when a signal is received as accurately as pulse signal width. In addition, we performed a wireless location experiment indoors and the average error of the location measurement was 22-cm